Objective and Aim: Nasal septum deviation (NSD) is an important otorhinolaryngologic cause of headache. We evaluated the frequency of common forms of headache in subjects with NSD. Methods: All participants underwent examination, 4-mm rigid nasal endoscopy exam. One hundred and e...
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Research Article10.9734/INDJ/2015/15272
Field trials were conducted at the Manga Agricultural Research Station near Bawku in the Upper East Region to evaluate nine genotypes of Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] for adaptation to the Sudan Savanna agro-ecology of northern Ghana. The varieties are: Arrow, Bon...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/14640
Production quality in periurban agriculture is question mark regarding to soil potential contamination affecting yields. The level of contaminations of soils and vegetables by copper (Cu), zinc (Cu), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) around Abidjan city were assessed. Survey was conduct...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2015/15140
Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of methanol extract of fecal droppings of common house lizard/gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus). Methodology: The antimicrobial activity of the methanol extract of fecal droppings of common house lizard/gecko was...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/13059
Aim: The aim of this research was to ascertain the quality of the honeydew honey harvested with wood smoke. Methodology: The sample was stored in a container underlined with aluminium foil and then covered with a cork and kept for subsequent analyses. The sample was analyzed for...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2015/13808
The field study to evaluate the changes in soil chemical properties of TypicQuartzipsamment has been conducted from conventional to organic farming system in Piauí state, Northeastern Brazil. Three areas were were selected: organic (ORG) and conventional (CNV) farming system with...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/14827
Selection from established high yielding pure line wheat cultivars would rarely isolate a new genotype. Inducing new genetic variation in bread wheat populations via gamma ray irradiation and hybridization procedures and isolating drought tolerant genotypes from derived heterogen...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15018
Aims: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) can mitigate plant response to severe water stress. On this basis, an experiment was carried out under field conditions to evaluate the effect of arbuscular mycorrhization, realized by a mixture of two AMF species, Rhizophagus intraradices...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15408
The combined effects Albizia zygia and Tithonia diversifolia biomass on a degraded humid alfisol and maize yield were studied. The experiment was laid out as a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with five treatments and three replicates. The experiment was conducted at the T...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/9180
An understory comparison of the invasive tree species Phellodendron amurense Rupr. and surrounding native tree species at two locations in the greater New York metropolitan region is examined. The understory of canopies consisting of P. amurense was compared with adjacent canopie...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13067
For a simple connected undirected graph G = (V;E), the Wiener index W(G) of G is defined as half the sum of the shortest-path distances between all pairs of vertices u; v of G. The kth power of a graph G, denoted by Gk, is a graph with the same vertex set as G such that two verti...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2015/14639
Understanding the effects of water regimes on nutrient uptake of rice plants, especially by different organic fertilizers is critical to improve long-term rice productivity. In a greenhouse experiment, the effects of soil water management and incorporation of rice straw into the...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/15472
This study analyzes the determinants of the maize-related warrantage as institutional innovation in Benin. Based on the different forms of warrantage, the districts of Kalalé, Sinendé and Zogbodomey were selected for this study. In each district, two villages were selected. The "...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/15447
This study evaluated the use of ICT for climate change information sourcing among secondary school students and how it Influences their household agricultural practices in Cross River Basin, Nigeria between January, 2013 and November, 2013. The survey research employed multi-stag...
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Research Article10.9734/AJAEES/2015/14724
In this paper, we investigated the influence of electric field on the ground state energy of polaron in spherical semiconductor quantum dot (QD) using modified Lee Low Pines (LLP) method. The numerical results show the increase of the ground state energy with the increase of the...
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Research Article10.9734/PSIJ/2015/15334